Chapter 37: Serial assassinations in the palace

Three explosions followed, and dirt splattered all around.

The young man shot towards the outside of the palace, and two feet behind him, thousands of people rushed to chase after him. The young man turned back as he ran, seeing that the distance between the two sides was rapidly shortening, his heart was anxious, and he suddenly raised his breath to quickly cross the big locust tree where the Thousand Heavens and the Yin Thorn Star stopped. As long as you pass through the locust tree, fly two feet away, climb over the fence, and you will reach the market area. The streets were crowded with people and shops, as long as he drilled wherever he went, it would be difficult for thousands of people to find him.

The young man was making a wishful calculation, when suddenly a fierce palm wind came towards him, and he only felt as if his body had hit an invisible wall, forcing him to fall to the ground. The young man rubbed his chest with a faint pain, and he had a feeling of broken bones when he hit it just now.

A shadow fell from the sky and landed in front of the young man. It is Shangguan Yanran, who is as glamorous as a peach and plum.

"You're running, look where you're going."

Shangguan Yanran raised her willow eyebrows and said disdainfully.

At this moment, Yin Feiyu also flew and landed beside Shangguan Yanran. This princess has also learned martial arts from the eunuchs in the palace since she was a child, and she also has a bit of a martial arts foundation. It's just that compared with the top masters like Shangguan Yanran, it is completely the distance from Mars to the earth.

"Who are you? What a bold man, dare to assassinate in the palace. Hurry up and recruit from the truth. ”

The long sword in Yin Feiyu's hand pointed at the young man, and a color of iron blue appeared on his delicate face, obviously really angry. It's no wonder that if it weren't for Qian Qunxiao's quick reaction just now, Dongfang Danyu might have been able to escape, but Yun Bingyan, the princess of Western Qi who doesn't know martial arts, would probably have disappeared. When a princess of one country is killed in another, and one is not handled properly, the flames of war between the two countries will burn in an instant.

The young man took out a short knife from his bosom and went straight to Yin Feiyu, the princess of the sun. He knew that this princess's martial arts were very average, as long as he took her down, maybe he would be able to make the opponent throw a rat trap, and he would have a chance to get out.

Yin Feiyu was shocked when she saw the young man coming straight to her, and she was just about to swing her sword to meet the enemy, Shangguan Yanran on the side held her willow waist with her left hand, and her right hand was lightly touched. An invisible sword qi burst out of the tip of the sword and went straight to the young man's door. The young man turned his sword head sharply and slashed at the oncoming sword qi. I only heard a crisp sound of blade impact, the young man's short knife flew out of his hand, the tiger's mouth in his right hand cracked, and the blood flowed, and the whole person took more than a dozen steps backwards and fell to the ground.

Shangguan Yanran squinted at the young man, and said with a smile: "Yo, yes, I haven't died before taking a sword, come again." ”

After Shangguan Yanran finished speaking, she raised her hand again, and Lianbu Shanshan walked towards the young man.

"Wait, stay alive."

Qian Qunxiao crossed Shangguan Yanran and stabbed at the young man with a sword. When the young man saw this, he was so frightened that he kicked his feet backwards in an attempt to dodge the blow. Shangguan Yanran's sword just now had already made him feel extremely painful in his internal organs, and now he was unable to fly, so he had to instinctively move his body backwards. But he hadn't moved half a foot away, and the "Tanzhong Acupoint" on his chest had been hit by thousands of clouds. The young man was struck by lightning and fell to the ground backwards.

As soon as Qian Qunxiao saw the young man fall, he was about to slowly step forward to check, when the voice of the second prince came from behind him: "Brother Qian, don't move him first, let me see." ”

Hearing this, Qian Qunxiao turned around, only to see the Yin Thorn Star coming quickly, walked straight to the little guy and bent down to look at it for a moment, and suddenly his right hand reached behind the little man's head, only to hear a "hiss", and tore off a human skin mask. Beneath the mask was the face of a middle-aged man with a thin face.

"Cheng Yuanyin, it's really you."

The Thorn Star pointed at the young man and shouted angrily.

Cheng Yuan Yin? Qian Qunxiao was a little familiar with this name, and stared at the middle-aged man's face carefully for a while, and finally, he recognized it. This person was the one who assassinated the princess of Xiqi outside the gate of the capital. At that time, Yin Thorn Star and Princess Jiaoyang went outside the city gate to greet Princess Yun Bingyan of Xiqi, and this person took advantage of everyone's inattention to swing his sword to assassinate Princess Xiqi, but he happened to be rescued by Qian Qunxiao. It's just that up to the current position, this person's motive for assassination is still not yin.

Cheng Yuanyin glanced at Yin Thorn Star, closed his eyes and stopped talking.

"You ......"

Yin Thorn Xing's heart was nameless, and he was about to have a seizure, when Yin Feiyu, the princess of the scorching sun on the side, said: "Brother Huang, first hand him over to the old prince to deal with." Look at why this person is dressed up as a dude. ”

As soon as Yin Feiyu's words fell, a team of palace guards hurriedly ran over. No need to ask, they had just heard the explosion. Yin Thorn Star also felt that Yin Feiyu's words were reasonable, so he ordered the guards to tie Cheng Yuan Yin to the lobby to wait for the fall, and he and Qian Qunxiao and the others followed behind.

Qian Qunxiao and Yin Thorn Star walked side by side, glanced at Cheng Yuanyin's back again, and suddenly opened his mouth to ask, "Dare to ask how the second prince found the disguised Cheng Yuanyin?" Is it his feet? ”

Yin Thorn Star nodded and sighed: "Yes, a few years ago, I was chased and killed by the enemy, his right foot was injured to save me, and he walked a little lame, plus the young man's body is also very similar to him, I just casually tried it, who knew it was really this person." ”

Hearing this, Qian Qunxiao nodded and stopped talking, and the two of them rushed to the lobby with their own concerns. Before I entered the door, I saw a corpse at the entrance of the lobby. The two of them were shocked at the same time when they saw the appearance of the corpse, this person actually looked exactly like the young man who began to disguise Cheng Yuanyin. Obviously, it was Cheng Yuanyin who killed the young man, and then put on a human skin mask to sneak into the palace and wait for the opportunity to plant explosives, trying to kill Yun Bingyan and others.

After listening to the details of the incident, a cold sweat broke out on his head, since the establishment of the "Nanling Palace", it was the first time that someone dared to assassinate in the palace. If this is spread out, who will dare to come to the palace with potential safety hazards in the future?

Qian Qunxiao unlocked Cheng Yuan Yin's acupoint, and when Yin Thorn Star saw this, he immediately stepped forward, pointed at Cheng Yuan Yin and said angrily: "Cheng Yuan Yin, you have followed this king for ten years, this king thinks that he treats you well, and gives you the position of captain of the guard, but why do you repeatedly want to assassinate this king's distinguished guests?" ”

Cheng Yuan Yin stared at Yin Thorn Star for a while, shook his head and sighed: "I can't tell you too much, but for the sake of your kindness to me, I can tell you that someone wants to provoke a war in the Four Kingdoms, if Princess Xiqi dies in Nanyun......"

Before Cheng Yuanyin's words fell, he saw a cold star shoot from outside the lobby towards the back of his heart, its speed was as fast as lightning, and it was only a foot away from his back in a blink of an eye.

Qian Qunxiao and Dongfang Danyu's swords shot at the same time, only to hear a "whoosh", and the cold star went straight into the beam above everyone's heads.

Another willow leaf throwing knife. This kind of hidden weapon is no stranger to Qianqunxiao, and it has been launched twice at his own people before.

"You saw that, right? This is the result of betrayal. ”

Cheng Yuanyin stared at the willow leaf flying knife on the roof, and laughed sadly, with a faint sense of sadness in the laughter.

Qian Qunxiao pondered for a moment, discussed a few words with Yin Hongying and the others in a low voice, and then ordered someone to take Cheng Yuanyin out of the lobby. Then Yin Hongying and the others discussed for a while, and then dispersed.

After such a busy work, it was noon time to eat, and an old man in the house walked to the firewood room in the backyard with a wooden rice bucket. He usually didn't send food there, but because the palace had nowhere to detain Cheng Yuanyin, he was temporarily locked up in the firewood room. The old cook made a few turns, and after a while, he came to the vicinity of the rockery. There is a small path in the middle of the rockery, as long as you finish this path, you will walk a few steps to the firewood house in the back hall. But just as the old cook had just reached the center of the path, suddenly the whole person fell violently as if he had tripped over something, and then his whole body was dragged into the rockery, and a moment later, a slight moan came out. After a short while, a young cook came out from behind the rockery, still carrying the barrel carried by the old cook, and then walked unhurriedly to the firewood house not far away.